SEPTEMBER 2003 – View along the Californian coastline known as Big Sur. Photo © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
The drive along the famous Highway Number One was a key attraction we wanted to experience in California. So we drove from San Francisco to Los Angeles all the way along the old highway instead of the modern and faster Highway 101.
The stretch between Pacific Grove and San Simeon is also known as Big Sur. Here, the highway has been built closely to the shoreline. This makes it a truly scenic highway, and it took us much longer to reach the South than we had expected, because we were stopping so often admiring the scene (and taking photos). 🙂
My photo shows the Point Sur peninsula, seen from the highway. A breathtaking view that triggers nice memories.
The lighthouse on top of the rock is open to the public but only through docent-led tours. California State Parks runs an official site for the Point Sur State Historic Park with a wealth of information.
Design ideas
| Capture Date & Time | 05-SEP-2003 |
| Location | Cabrillo Highway, CA |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | Fuji Slide Film |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 6519 x 4249 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
Zanzig.com Photo Hub 